Kamal Bey of Illinois celebrates after earning a 29-second fall over Andrew Berreyesa of Nevada in the finals at 170 (Photo/David Peterson)"I like the crowd to get involved with the match … like excitement," said Bey. "That's my biggest thing."
Earlier Tuesday, in the quarterfinals, Bey topped the wrestler who dominated him in the finals last year, Beau Breske of Wisconsin.
"I wanted that rematch against Breske," said Bey. "He was up for it too. He wanted to win. I don't know … I guess it was just my time."
Bey was one of four titlists for team champion Illinois. Also winning titles for the Land of Lincoln were Louie Hayes (106), Dack Punke (113) and Gabriel Townsell (126).
Wisconsin finished runner-up, 14 points behind Illinois. Minnesota was third.
Minnesota's Mitchell McKee upset defending champion Taylor LaMont of Utah at 132 (Photo/Jeff Beshey, The Guillotine)"This time I felt a lot more in control and being able to do my things," said McKee. "In the last couple times I feel like I had my position, but I didn't feel like I had the position to score from. This time I felt totally different."
McKee, a University of Minnesota commit, earned a Junior folkstyle title this spring, and after winning the Junior Greco title on Tuesday sits a Junior freestyle title away from earning a Junior Triple Crown.
"Since freshman year I put a list of things I want to accomplish by the end of high school, and one of those was to be a National Triple Crown," said McKee. "I've gotten close in years past, but this year would definitely be special for me to do it, especially with that match. That will just make it even better."
It was back-to-back champions for Minnesota at 132 pounds and 138 pounds as McKee was followed by Ben Brancale, who topped fellow Minnesotan Ty Johnson 5-1 in the finals at 138 pounds.
Pennsylvania's Hayden Hidlay knocked off multiple-time Fargo champion Mason Manville 6-3 in the finals at 152 pounds. Hidlay was named Outstanding Wrestler of the competition.
"I think a lot of people expected me to be able hang in with him, but I don't think they wanted to categorize me at his level yet," said Hidlay. "I think by that win there I just wanted to show people that I'm here and I think I'm one of the best in the country regardless of weights."
Also winning a title for Pennsylvania was Jaret Lane, who kicked off Tuesday's finals at 100 pounds by defeating Elijah Varona of Florida 8-3.
Other Junior Greco-Roman champions included Dalton Duffield of Oklahoma (120), Andrew Webb of Georgia (145), Brett Bye of South Dakota (160), Nick Reenan of Texas (182), Wyatt Koelling of Utah (195), James Ford of Ohio (220) and Dante Jiovenetta of Florida (285).
Finals Results:
100: Jaret Lane (Pennsylvania) dec. Elijah Varona (Florida), 8-3
106: Louie Hayes (Illinois) tech. fall Dylan Koontz (Wisconsin), 10-0
113: Dack Punke (Illinois) dec. Jordan Martinez (Colorado), 1-1
120: Dalton Duffield (Oklahoma) tech. fall Matthew Schmitt (Missouri), 11-0
126: Gabriel Townsell (Illinois) dec. James Pawelski (Illinois), 8-5
132: Mitchell McKee (Minnesota) dec. Taylor LaMont (Utah), 4-2
138: Ben Brancale (Minnesota) dec. Ty Johnson (Minnesota), 5-1
145: Andrew Webb (Georgia) dec. Austin O'Connor (Illinois), 17-14
152: Hayden Hidlay (Pennsylvania) dec. Mason Manville (Virginia), 6-3
160: Brett Bye (South Dakota) tech. fall Riley Jaramillo (Oregon), 10-0
170: Kamal Bey (Illinois) pinned Andrew Berreyesa (Nevada), 0:29
182: Nick Reenan (Texas) tech. fall Andrew Buckley (Missouri), 10-0
195: Wyatt Koelling (Utah) dec. Sam Shields-Colbray (Oregon), 8-5
220: James Ford (Ohio) dec. Jordan Wood (Pennsylvania), 6-3
285: Dante Jiovenetta (Florida) dec. Carter Isley (Iowa), 2-1
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